Patrick Lyon, 3rd Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne (29 May 1643 – 15 May 1695) was a Scottish peer

Peerage of Scotland

The Peerage of Scotland is the division of the British Peerage for those peers created in the Kingdom of Scotland before 1707. With that year's Act of Union, the Kingdom of Scotland and the Kingdom of England were combined into the Kingdom of Great Britain, and a new Peerage of Great Britain was...

 and the son of John Lyon, 2nd Earl of Kinghorne.

He married Helen Middleton, daughter of John Middleton, 1st Earl of Middleton

John Middleton, 1st Earl of Middleton

John Middleton, 1st Earl of Middleton was a Scottish army officer, who belonged to a Kincardineshire family which had held lands at Middleton since the 12th century....

 and wife Grizel Durham, on 23 August 1662. They had six children:

1. John Lyon, 4th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne
   John Lyon, 4th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne
   John Lyon, 4th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne was a Scottish peer and the son of Patrick Lyon, 3rd Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne. He was succeeded by his son, John as Earl....
   
    (1663–1712)
2. Lady Grizel Lyon, married (1665–circa 1721) David Ogilvy, 3rd Earl of Airlie and had issue.
3. Patrick Lyon
   Patrick Lyon of Auchterhouse
   Patrick Lyon of Auchterhouse was a Scottish politician.He was the second son of Patrick Lyon, 3rd Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne and his wife Helen, daughter of John Middleton, 1st Earl of Middleton...
   
    (1669–1715)
4. Lady Adelaide Lyon (1676–1698)
5. Charles Lyon (1679–1692), died young.
6. Lady Elizabetta Lyon (1686–1739), married Charles Gordon, 1st Earl of Aboyne
   Charles Gordon, 1st Earl of Aboyne
   Charles Gordon, 1st Earl of Aboyne . The fourth son of George Gordon, 2nd Marquess of Huntly and Lady Anne Campbell, he was created 1st Earl of Aboyne and 1st Lord Gordon of Strathaven and Glenlivet by Letters Patent on 10 September 1660...
   
    and had issue, married Patrick Kinnaird, 3rd Lord Kinnaird had issue, married Capt.Alexander Grant no issue

John inherited the title of Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne from his father as well as Castle Lyon ( now Castle Huntly

Castle Huntly

Castle Huntly sits approximately seven miles west of Dundee in the Carse of Gowrie, Perth and Kinross, Scotland. It is situated close to the shore of the Firth of Tay and can be seen from the main road linking Dundee and Perth. The castle sits on top of a rocky outcrop surrounded by what is now...

) with had been purchased by 1st Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne in 1614. Legend has it that his daughter, Adelaide Lyon fell in love with one of the manservats of the house and began plotting an elopement with him. When the plot was discovered, John locked his daughter away in one of Castle Lyon's towers. When word reached the girl that her love had been excecuted, she threw herself out of the tower window, plunging to her death. Now known as the White Lady of Castle Huntly, the ghost has been spotted wandering the grounds, or else in the window of the tower from which she allegedly hurrled herself.